plain-vanilla ethernet; do brands matter?

Michael A. Peters mpeters at mac.com
Thu Jun 9 03:22:18 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 15:40 +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> On 6/8/05, Markku Kolkka <markkuk at tuubi.net> wrote:
> > THUFIR HAWAT kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika keskiviikko, 8.
> > kesäkuuta 2005 09:46):
> > > does the brand matter, or will anything that says "ethernet"
> > > fit the bill?
> > 
> > What matters is the Ethernet chip on the card, not the logo
> > printed on the box. I have used a SMC card with a Realtek 8139
> > chip without any problems, but that doesn't guarantee that SMC
> > cards with other types of Ethernet chips would work.
> 
> gotcha, thank you so much.  I think I have enough info to make some
> calls and probably get this done today.  I'll call around and see
> about testing with a live cd before purchase.  Again, thanks to
> everyone.

Chances are slim that any pci nic won't work.




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